Comfort feeding OK for those with advanced dementia, regardless of advance directives: AMDA
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 13, 2019
Stopping eating and drinking by advance directive is not identical to voluntary stoppage by the resident themselves, say the authors of a new paper.
‘Aggressive’ advance directive would allow patients to decline food, water at end of dementia...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 02, 2018
A New York group that supports aid-in-dying has approved a new document allowing patients to record in advance that they’ll want to stop eating and drinking if they develop severe dementia.